Akimbo on Its Way to USA

Akimbo: Kung Fu Hero is coming to America, by way of a subsidiary of Take 2 Interactive.

By IGN Staff

Swedish developer Iridion Interactive's Akimbo: Kung-Fu Hero will be published in North America through Take 2 Interactive's subsidiary Globar Star Software.

"I sincerely believe that a great looking and solid playing game like Akimbo has a unique potential here in the North American marketplace," said Jeff Quinn, Director of Development at Global Star Software. "The PC category does not have any non-violent quality platform type games and we expect Akimbo: Kung-Fu Hero to be the one title to return popularity to this style of game which has elements borrowed from some of the most popular platform games ever, something that the console crowd have been enjoying exclusively up until now."

Said Bj¿rn Larsson, Executive Producer and Managing Director at Iridon: " Given the almost total lack of competition in a commonly popular genre, we are naturally happy to introduce our PC platform hero to the US market. Having the game published by Global Star Software feels comfortable due to the fact they are a top line publisher for games retailing in the sub $20 retail market. Aside from that I believe that a family friendly title coupled with the attractive packaging that Global Star is known for gives non-specialist retailers a natural incentive to carry the title."